FORT ST JOHN SPEED SKATING CLUB
Our new season is almost here! If you are thinking of joining us for the upcoming skating season – come see us to register at the One Stop Registration in Totem Mall on September 10! We will be there to register AND to rent skates and we would love to have you join our club! Details on our programs are here Speed Skate programs 2016
For more info see here… frequently asked questions
or email us at info@fsjspeedskating.com
We currently have 60 skaters taking part in our awesome summer camp! If you aren’t registered, come check it out, maybe you would like to join us next year!
This is the camp that everyone has been waiting for!!
Join us for the 2016 Annual Summer Ice Camp at the Pomeroy Sport Centre in Fort St John, BC!
This camp takes place August 22 – 26/16, register before July 31/16 for early bird rates!
For more information click here Summer-Camp-2016-FAQ
For registration click here 2016-FSJ-Summer-Long-Track-Camp-Registration-Form-1
We are holding our AGM on Wednesday May 4, 2016 at the Pomeroy Sports Centre on the 2nd floor in the meeting room. We will start our meeting with a potluck dinner so please some join us!
Looking for Volunteers for Executive Positions for Next Season;
We will be looking to fill the positions of President, Mega Lottery Organizer and Group equipment reps (one for each group to assist Palma) for next season. If you are interested in any of these positions please speak to one of the current executive or email info@speedskating.com
Please note that we had to change the venue for the BCLT Banquet, it will now be held at
Dr. Kearney Middle School
Address: 10723 – 92nd St, Fort St John, BC V1J 3J4
Fort St. John Short Track Interclub
Congratulations to all the skaters who participated in the Short Track Interclub Meet we held on Saturday! We had around 60 skaters participating and there were some very exciting races to watch! A lot of hard work and determination showed with some awesome skill and I saw some excellent displays of good sportsmanship and camaraderie, you should all be really proud.
Also a big “Thank You!” to all the volunteers who helped make this such a successful and exciting event. All your hard work was evident and appreciated. It takes around 40 volunteers to run these events and we had a lot of new club members helping out and mentored by those who have been with us for quite a while! It was a long day and you all did great – thank you! Also thank you to those who donated food – it really does help the volunteers make it through that long day!
CanAm Long Track Competition Calgary Oval November 27, 28 and 29, 2015
Skaters who turned 13 before July 1, 2015 are eligible to participate in this competition. Reminder that the registration deadline is November 19th 4pm.
Registration is done directly online via: https://onlineca.activecommunities.com/OlympicOval/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?aid=324
Details can also be found on the following websites
Important Dates
Results from the meet on Oct 31/15
Now that we have had our first batch of races within our club (Time Trials for Groups 3/4 and Practice Races for Groups 1/2) it is time to expand our racing experience a little bit! On November 7/15 our club is hosting a Short Track Interclub Meet. This means that skaters from Groups 1, 2 & 3 from our club and other clubs (i.e. Dawson Creek, Grande Prairie, Peace River, Prince George, etc.) compete against each other.
In order to host a meet like this, we will need help from everyone, particularly if your child is participating! If you could please have a look at the attached spreadsheet to see what areas we will need help in and get back to Susie at info@fsjspeedskating.com letting her know how you would like to help.
ALL jobs will have instruction and assistance from someone who has done the job before, no one will be on their own! We have a great group of people in charge of these jobs who will happily help you out, this is a great way to really build the club as a community and get to know the other people in it.
A quick explanation of the jobs that are available;
Place Judges; These people will be watching for the placing of racers across the finish line (i.e. first, second, third…).
Timers; Timers will have a stop watch and will be assigned certain skaters to time. They will then report their time to the chief who will take an average of all the times for each skater. Each skater has several timers.
Assistant Recorder; this person will do some clerical work to assist the recorder. The recorder enters all of the times and placements of each skater in each race.
Assistant Lap Counter; This person will help the chief lap counter to keep track of the skaters laps. This is required so that the the skater is aware of which lap they are on and so they can alert the skater that they are about to skate their last lap (they ring a bell)
Assistant Track Steward; These people are ON ICE helpers, they will help our main track steward to keep the ice in good condition. They will help fill holes if they occur and may pour water around the track to fill in the grooves, training and assistance will be provided.
Results Runners; These people will be relaying results from the timers/place judges to the recorders. They need to be on task and not get distracted, but it is not a difficult job. However children are not advised for this job as they often get distracted 🙂
Assistant Clerk of the Course; These people help to organize the skaters to make sure they are in the correct order and are ready for their races. This is also referred to as “Marshalling”. They will be given lists of names for each race and they organize the skaters according to the lists.
Officials Lunch Room Helpers; We as a club take great pride in feeding all of our volunteers! We organize snacks, coffee/tea/water and lunch for all of our volunteers (sorry skaters this is for the officials!) In order to feed all of these people (probably close to 40 people) Shadi has very generously volunteered to be in charge of our lunch room but she will need a lot of help! If she could have at least six people who would be her helpers they would help to run the food room (probably in shifts), they may need to go to the grocery store, they could help set up or clean up… Many hands make light work!
Mat Set-Up/Removal; Under Richard Stickel’s instruction these people would set up & remove the short track mats as usual PLUS there are additional mats required for competitions that will go in behind our usual mats. This is another job that the more who help, the better.
Clean-Up Crew; This crew of people will stay behind at the end of the meet and ensure that everything is as tidy as we found it. It may mean helping clean up the mats, food room or anything else that needs picking up. With enough people it shouldn’t take long at all.
Important Dates